Sri Lankan Rose

Sri Lankan Rose

Taxobox
name = Sri Lankan Rose


status = CR | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Papilionidae
genus = "Atrophaneura"
species = "A. jophon"
binomial = "Atrophaneura jophon"
binomial_authority = (Gray, 1852)
synonyms =
The Sri Lankan Rose ("Atrophaneura jophon") is a species of butterfly in the Papilionidae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

ource

* Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/2376/all Atrophaneura jophon] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 31 July 2007.

External links

* [http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/invertebrates_terrestrial_and_freshwater/Atrophaneura_jophon_jophon/GES009518.html ARKive] Photos


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